How to solve today’s Wordle.
It’s back to Monday, folks. Just like that, Veterans Day weekend is over, although it was nice to have a three-day break for the kids. Now I can barely tell the difference between weekdays and weekends. If I didn’t write this column, I would definitely lose track of days.
But for many out there, Monday is a return to the daily grind, the weekly grind, the stair-climbing, and, uh, various other expressions we use to describe our labors. Hopefully you have a job you love and then it’s not even really a job! (This is not entirely true, but it is certainly close to the truth).
Okay, enough tongue wagging. Let’s make this Wordle!
How to solve today’s word
The hint: Envy.
The Clue: This word has a double letter.
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Today’s Wordle
Check out yesterday’s Wordle #876 here.
Bot Wordle Analysis
After each Wordle I solve, I head on the Wordle Bot home page to see how my guessing game was.
I guessed priest because it is a frequently mentioned location in the TV series Fear The Walking Dead, which concludes its final season next weekend. In my last review of the show, I suggested that its creators apologize to the Hispanic community for ruining the word priest-a feat I never thought possible for such a normal word.
Good priest left me with 164 possible solutions—yuck—and hoist didn’t do much to drag that number down. (Of course, I didn’t know how much at the time, that’s all the data I get when I go to Wordle Bot afterwards).
Lots of gray boxes and only two yellow ones. I guessed tough-as in fate — and that finally gave me my two yellow letters nice green homes. Actually, I thought, today’s Wordle could be . . . green?
Today’s score
I get 0 points for guessing on four and -1 for losing to the Bot, who took it on three. -1 for me. Oh good!
Today’s Wordle etymology
The word “green” has a rich etymological history, dating back to many languages and evolving over the centuries. Its roots lie mainly in the languages that make up the Germanic and Indo-European language families.
- Old English: “Green” in Old English was “grēne”, which also meant young, unripe or fresh. This usage is similar to the description of unripe fruit.
- Proto-Germanic: Old English “grēne” is thought to have come from Proto-Germanic *grōniz, which also gave rise to similar words in other Germanic languages, such as Old Saxon “grōni”, Old Frisian “grēne” and “grœnn ” of Old Norse.
- Proto-Indo-European roots: Going further back, it is possible that ‘green’ came from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghre-, meaning to grow or develop. This root is also the source of words in other Indo-European languages, such as Ancient Greek “khloros” (pale green, greenish-yellow), Old Church Slavonic “zelenŭ” (green), and Lithuanian “žalias” (green) .
Through these linguistic developments, “green” has retained a close association with concepts of growth, freshness, and the natural world, particularly vegetation and the characteristic color of plant life.
Play Competitive Wordle Against Me!
I have played a spontaneous PvP Wordle game against my enemy Wordle But. Now you have to play against me! I can be your enemy! (And your handy Wordle guide, of course). You can also play against the Bot if you have a New York Times subscription.
Here are the rules:
- 1 point to get Wordle in 3 guesses.
- 2 points to get it in 2 guesses.
- 3 points to get it in 1 guess.
- 1 point that hit me
- 0 points to get it in 4 guesses.
- -1 point to get it in 5 guesses.
- -2 points to get it in 6 guesses.
- -3 points for the loss.
- -1 point for defeat for me
You can either keep a running tally of your score if that’s your jam or just play daily if you prefer.
